Abstract
Despite the importance of Type la supernovae as standard candles for cosmology and to the chemical evolution of the Universe, we still have no consistent picture of the nature of these events. Much progress has been made in the hydrodynamical explosion modelling of supernovae la in the last few years and fully 3-D explosion models are now available. However those simulations are not directly comparable to observations: to constrain explosion models, radiative transfer calculations must be carried out We present a new 3-D Monte Carlo radiative transfer code which allows forward modelling of the spectral evolution of Type la supernovae from first principles, using hydrodynamical explosion models as input Here, as a first application, we calculate line-of-sight dependent colour light curves for a toy model of an off-centre explosion.
Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | Probing Stellar Populations Out To The Distant Universe - Cefalu 2008 - Proceedings of the International Conference |
Pages | 277-280 |
Number of pages | 4 |
Volume | 1111 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 21 Jul 2009 |
Externally published | Yes |
Event | International Conference on Probing Stellar Populations Out To The Distant Universe, Cefalu 2008 - Sicily, Cefalu, Italy Duration: 07 Sept 2008 → 19 Sept 2008 |
Conference
Conference | International Conference on Probing Stellar Populations Out To The Distant Universe, Cefalu 2008 |
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Country/Territory | Italy |
City | Cefalu |
Period | 07/09/2008 → 19/09/2008 |
Keywords
- Radiative transfer
- Supernovae la
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- General Physics and Astronomy